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What's the one class at Beaver High every student should take?
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Enrollment
442
High
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVER DISTRICT·NCES 490006000036
Beaver High
195 E CENTER, BEAVER, UT 84713 · (435) 438-2301 · Beaver County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
179 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.7%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
442
-24 (-5%) vs 2017
% White
82%
was 85%
% Hispanic
15%
was 14%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Beaver High
Beaver High, a tight-knit secondary school in BEAVER, Utah, one of the schools within Beaver District, hosts 442 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 980 students each, so Beaver High sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.
Beaver District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,471 students; Beaver High is among them.
Demographically, Beaver High reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic.
On the resource side, On paper, Beaver High has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.1:1. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at Beaver High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beaver High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.
Zooming out to the county, Beaver County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,360, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Beaver County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,471 students), Beaver High is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Beaver Preschool, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Beaver High. On composite proficiency, Beaver High comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Beaver High's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 442).
On this page, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,273
Census ACS
Median income
$79,360
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,471 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beaver District
- Belknap SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Milford SchoolElementary · 211 students
- Milford HighHigh · 205 students
- Minersville SchoolElementary · 82 students
- Beaver PreschoolElementary · 42 students
- Minersville SchoolMiddle · 38 students
Other schools in BEAVER
- Belknap SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Beaver PreschoolElementary · 42 students
Nearby schools
- Beaver Preschool0.3 mi · 42
- Belknap School0.7 mi · 451
- Minersville School16.3 mi · 82
- Minersville School16.3 mi · 38
- Circleville School21.2 mi · 105
- Circleville Preschool21.2 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Beaver HighHow many students attend Beaver High?
Beaver High enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Beaver High serve?
Beaver High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Beaver High?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Beaver High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beaver High?
At Beaver High, the student body is approximately 82% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Beaver High public or private?
Beaver High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Beaver District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.